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Home My WebLink About1947/01/20 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Regular 31!() January 13, 1947 Licenses, Continued: Pin Ball Machines Coin-A-Matic Amusement Company at following Locations 2 at Al Lovaas' 1 at Carl Reiss' 1 at H. W. Jennings 1 at Louise C. Howard's 2 at Bunny' s Tavern 1 at Mc Carthy's Ray and Arnies 1 Meeting Adjourned The meeting was adjourned by President Erickson at 12:20 P!. M. 2141F1: - 6 President of the Village Council ATTEST: / ,JOSEP JUSTAD / Vill e Clerk • • REGULAR MEETING -- JANUARY 20, 1947 A meeting of the Village Council was called to order by President Erickson at 8:17 P. M. with the following Councilmen present at roll call: Trustee Bolmgren Trustee Perkins President Erickson Clerk Justad Petition for Rezoning Denied (Adolph Fine Property) The Committee of the Whole recommended that the petition of Adolph Fine for rezoning property bounded by Minnetonka Boulevard, 32nd Street, Dakota Ave- nue and Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Ry. tracks, from Residential to Commercial, Multiple and Two-family Dwelling Use, be denied. Trustee Jorvig Trustee Jorvig arrived at this time. On motion of Trustee Perkins, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the report of the Committee of the Whole was accepted and the petition of Adolph Fine for rezoning property bounded by Minnetonka Boulevard, 32nd Street, Dakota Avenue and Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Ry. Tracks from Residential to Com- , mercial, Multiple and Two-family Dwelling Use, dated December 4, 1946, was denied by unanimous vote of the Council. Attorney Kelly asked to speak before above motion was passed, stating again that Adolph Fine would like to build four places along the tracks. No action was taken. Permit for Sign Approved - On motion of Trustee Perkins, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren,• the applica- tion of the Naegle Sign Company for a permit to place a sign on the East wall of the Oscar Johnson store building located at Excelsior Boulevard and Highway No. 100 was approved by the following roll call vote: Trustee Bolmgren, Yea; Trustee Perkins, Yea; Trustee Jorvig, Nay; President Erickson, Yea; Clerk Justad, Yea. - Petition for Water Main On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Perkins, petition dated January 17, 1947, signed by Grant-Burke Company and others for the laying of water main on Pennsylvania Avenue between West Lake Street and Highway No. 7, was read, and referred to the Water Department and Village Engineer for checking and recommendation by unanimous vote of the Council. - January 20, 1947 321 Verified Claims On motion of Trustee Perkins, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the following verified claims were approved, and the President and Clerk were authorized to issue warrants for same, by the following roll call vote: Trustee Bolmgren, Yea; Trustee Jorvig, Yea; Trustee Perkins, Yea; President Erickson, Yea; Clerk Justad, ' Yea: 0. B. Erickson 80.00 H. J. Bolmgren 60.00 Torval Jorvig 60.00 H. W. Perkins 60.00 Joseph Justad 175.00 Mildred Melbourne 60.00 C. L. Dickinson 97.25 Andy Nelson 133.00 F. J. Senander 127.50 Dan Whalen 109.00 Robert M. Sorensen 114.00 Carl Iverson 122.00 L. M. Johnson 122.00 Kurt Scheibe 122.00 C. M. Williams 133.00 Truman Hedwall 116.50 George Gibson 127.50 Omar Mc Gary 109.00 Irwin Freeland 122.00 Peter Stienstra 127,50 J. A. Werner 119.25 Beverly Johnson 67.50 A. Anderson 100.76 John Balich 166.76 J. W., Brockman 100.76 " " 8.00 John _Connery 100.76 R. B. Connery 116.50 Alleen Dearstyne 12.00 Al Donahue 113.96 E. Ferch 205.16 H. Frieborg 117.50 H. Galloway 198.40 George Gibson 54.96 H. Girard 117.50 Evelyn,Hegrenes 22.50 J. 0. Johnson 153.70 K. Johnson 133.00 " " " - 4.00 Alvera Johnson 63.37 C. Jones _ 100.76 Walter Jungblut 100.76 Maynard Kays 115.36 R. Lea 105.16 C. Lindgren 100.76 Lloyd Mc Gary 105.16 0. R. Mc Gary 105.16 Vance F. Marfell 105.16 Mary Martin 22.63 II II It 8.75 E. Omestad 100.76 Wm. M. _Pascoe 100.76 Gertrude Renner 97.25 " " " 1.65 K. P. Scheibe 133.96 E. Sewall 112.16 Fred Sewall 100.76 Gunnar Stromer 122.76 J. C. Utton 250.00 Ira M. Vraalstad 133.00 111 Ed Werner 16.80 II �� 10.00 J. S. Williams 105.00 C. C. Wolford 113.75 II II It Martha L. Wylie 60.00 American Linen Company -- 2.43 C. L. Ammerman Co. 200.00 " It II 3.33 Wilford Anderson 3.00 Bowler Plumbing Company 9.00 Donovan Furniture 5.78 Fairbanks, Morse Company 4.25 F. E. Farrell 5.00 Flox Company 480.00 Gust Hoglund 17.00 Landers, Norblom, Christenson A. E. Lindahl 7.32 Company 10.98 Miller-Davis Company 17.60 Minneapolis Auto Supply Co. 11.00 II It II .99 Minneapolis Blue Printing Co. 3.26 Minneapolis Gas Light Co. 1.09 Albert Monson 17.00 NW National Bank, Minneapolis, Olsen-Harford Company 5.50 31,726.12 George G. Penny 1.00 Pockrandt Lumber & Fuel Co. 142.86 H. A. Rogers Company 4.38 Rosholt Equipment 8,486.00 " " " II 12.07 St. Louis Park Water Dept. 37.60 Standard.Oil Company 72.45 S. & L. Dept. Store 10.00 • Seirup & Sons , 6.50 Swenson's, Meats & Groceries 20.20 Terry Brothers Company 715.26 Thayer's Food Market 44.90 " " II 1,497.40 Westerdahl Hardware 7.16 Williams Hardware _ 94.22 Property for Well #6 On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Perkins, the Village Attorney was instructed to make arrangements to acquire the following property 1t , in St. Louis Park for Well #6 - West 350 feet of the Ni of the NE of the SEL Section 18, Township 117, Range 21 West. - Estimates Approved On motion of Trustee Perkins, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the following Estimates of contract work in progress as presented by Village Engineer J. C. Utton were approved, and the President and Clerk were authorized to issue war- rants covering same, by unanimous vote of the Council. ESTIMATE NO. 5 Grading and Graveling Terry Bros., Contractors , 322 January 20, 1947 Estimates, Contd. Salem Avenue from West 28th Street to West 26th Street; West 27th Street from Toledo Avenue to Raleigh Avenue; Division Street from Texas Avenue to Quebec Avenue; Brunswick Avenue from Excelsior Boulevard to Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway tracks; Georgia Avenue from West 29th Street to West 27th -Street; Hampshire Avenue from West 29th Street to West 27th Street; Zarthan Avenue from West 37th Street to Cambridge Street; Alley in Block 11, Park - • Manor - 15,045 cubic yards excavation at 40¢ per cubic yard $ 6,018.00 - 500 1t It It it 500 It II . It 250:00 4,533 " " fill. It 50Y0 it " - n 2,266.50 2,970 " 't graveling '! 1.25 " II . it 3,712.50 - 24 lineal feet 12" C. M. P. -2.00 2 lineal foot 48.00 TOTAL $12,295.00 Less Estimate No. 1 3,690.32 - n n " 2 2,089.20 �t ►t 1.t 3 2,757.28 It n " 4 1,260.80 • Less amount held for Spring blading and shaping_ 1,000.00 10,797.60 BALANCE DUE $ 1,497.40 ESTIMATE NO. 2 - • Grading and Graveling Kipling Avenue from West 26th Street to West 27th Street - Terry Brothers, Contractors Contract Price $2,258.11 - • Less Estimate No. 1 $1,341.60 Less Graveling 201.25 1,542:85 BALANCE DUE $ 715.26 • • Taxi Driver's License On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Perkins, the applica- tion of Kenneth L. Soper, 2837 Nevada Avenue -for a license to drive a taxicab for the Blue & Grey Taxicab Company in the Village of St. Louis Park for year ending December 31, 1947 'was approved and the President and Clerk were authorized to issue same. Motion was passed by unanimous vote of the Council. Bid Accepted-Old Truck Chassis - On motion of Trustee Perkins, seconded -by Trustee Jorvig, the bid of $25.00 from James Harvey, Hopkins, Minnesota, R. R. #2, on the old truck chassis parked on the dumping grounds West of Louisiana Avenue was accepted by unanimous vote of the Council. -Advertise for Bids - Safety Cage • On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Perkins, the Clerk was authorized to advertize for bids on safety cage on 100,000 gallon water tank as per specifications on file in the Clerk's Office; bids to be opened February 17, 1947. Motion was passed by unanimous_vote of the Council. Minutes The minutes of meetings held January 6th and 13th, 1947 were read and approved. 4" Water Main - Culligan Co. On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the Culligan Company were authorized to have 4 inch water main extended into their build- ing at Brunswick and 36th St. by unanimous vote of the Council. January 20, 1947 323 Licenses Approved On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the following applications for 1947 licenses were approved, and the President and Clerk were authorized to issue same to expire December 31, 1947, by unanimous vote of the Council: Heating Plumbing Twin City Plumbing & Heating Co. Twin City Plumbing & Heating Company Minneapolis Gas Light Company Minneapolis Gas Light Company Noble-Jensen Company C. U. Clarke Madsen Service Spetz & Berg Standard Heating Company Brown Plumbing & Heating Company Nordby Heating Company Hopkins Plumbing & Heating Company S. H. Harris Grand Plumbing & Heating Company Bryant Gas Heating Company Hutchinson and Carlson Gopher Sheet Metal C. E. Olsen Furnace Company Milk Truck Tom Motzko Pure Oil Company Ewald Brothers Dairy - 3 trucks Electrical Work A & A Electric Company Edw. F. Seestrom Eugene Thomas Spencer Electric Company • Conrad Nordquist Mitby & Sather American Electric Company Batzli Electric Company Williams Electric Company Mayer Electric Company Dog Nuisance - Trustee Bolmgren reported a dog nuisance in Brookside Addition and the matter was referred to the Public Safety Committee. South Crestview Plat Approved On motion of Trustee Perkins, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the Plat of South Crestview Addition was approved and the President and Clerk were authorized to sign same in the name of the Village, and affix Village seal thereto; and the performance bond guaranteeing grading, with -Farm and °City General Agency, Inc., as Agents for Crestview Association as principals and Seaboard Surety Company of New York as surety, dated January 3, 1947, in the amount of $1,000.00 was approved by unanimous vote of the Council. Recreation Program, 1947 A discussion of the recreation program for 1947 was had with the Park Board and Recreational Planning Board -- A proposed budget was presented and a meeting was suggested with the School Board , Recreational Planning Board, Village Council and Park Board; Clerk Justad to make the arrangements. Bus Stops _ Mr. Middleton asked about the buses stopping on each corner on Excelsior Boulevard. The matter was referred to the Public Utilities Committee. Street Light Survey Requested On motion of Trustee Perkins, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the Clerk was authorized to request Northern States Power Company to make a survey to determine the need for seventeen lights on North Side at the following locations: On 16th Street at Kentucky, Jersey, Edgewood, Colorado, Blackstone and Zarthan Avenues; On 14th Street at Nevada and Colorado Avenues; On 18th Street at Jersey_and Colo- rado Avenues; On Cedar Lake Road at Georgia, Florida, Dakota, Colorado, Black- stone and Zarthan Avenues and on Franklin Avenue at Edgewood Avenue. Motion was passed by unanimous vote of the Council. Sign Agreement, M. N. & S. Ry. On motion of Trustee Perkins, seconded by Trustee Bolnigren, the execution of agreement with Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway, dated January 9, 1947, for permission to construct 18" reinforced concrete sanitary sewer across R. R. Right-of-way and under tracks at Brunswick Avenue and 33rd Street, was approved by unanimous vote of the Council. Meeting Adjourned The meeting was adjourned by President Erickson at 10:20 P. M. ATTEST. ,� -11511): ` President of the Village Council iPJ H JUST g', Clerk